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RN PLANTER. I No. 10,583. Patented Feb. 28, 1854.

' To all wltomu may concern-,- Y

NIT-E STATES PATENT OFF CE,

COU TY; PENNSYLVANIA;

IMPROVEMENT a N s EED PLANTEIR'ISQ Specification formmg pert of-Letters Patent. No. 10,553, dated February 28,1854,

JOSEP YoUNG',I-o'f Whea'tfi'eld townshim in theoounty of Perlfyend State of Pennsylvania, f have invehtedaj new and useful Improvement in "Corn-Planters; and we do hereby declare. thatthe following is'a full, clear, *and exact de- 'scription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing hadto the annexed.

drawings, forming pert o1: this spegfic ttiomxin- X. :Fig; 7 is a yiew of slidingsectioxi-b; "Fig; i sis asecticn on line as y of Big; Fig.- 9

showsthe imouths'of -tile-tubes efgnuder the slideb; 'Ifig. 101s apt not the lower-revol'n-f ing plate, 0; c

' Similarlette'rS i l the several figuresli'eferf'to the same part of the x'nachine.- v

Our invention consistsin constructing a corn-planter the principal -.'elem ents'ofi which shell-consist ofa; rotary plate, perforete'dwith feeding-cells, which-,fpassing' under a brush, deposit th'eir'contents either through a1singl'e' tube for hill-planting orby'singIe'graiDSf soc; cessi vely in different tubes, the lower plate being formedw-ith a movable section, .sothet the mouths of the several" tubes-may be either j elose' lior opened, .sbesto operate in'eitherio'f thefcasesta-boye. mentioned. Connected with. this portion of theni-achine-is an arrangement-; for insuri'ngthe aegnlarity of the-deposit of. the grain by the openingofthe'l o'were'xt'remi-w ty of'e'ach tube --i|nmedi ately after the grain is made sloping.- toward thefcenter, so that" whatever grains may be iforcedxunderi'the. brush shailpassthtoug'h ah opel 1ing in the frame into .a bucket provided for catching such stray,grttins,- Attached 'to the machine is-an elastic cover. so-arranged with springsas .not-to-be' liable'to-breakage in meetingwith obstructions toitsprogress;

ln'the drawings, A istheghopper, having the inclined bottom B, perforated, 'withthe cellsac in sets of three, -which bottom has *'aplate Br ill EiggB;

. rotary motion byireasoh offthe-flco'g sit under thejh'opper meshinginto'tl'ie pinion .Gfon' the the. movablefpin'i'on 'ou the "shaftjD, which meshes mm one of thecoggedcirclesfl 'H'v-on the; plate G5 accordingto the velocity-with which it is. reqnired to ,re'vol' vejthe feeding- Below the ieoirih pl ate plato, I, inr which. is'theslidi g section b, (seen 'tion shown byj Fig. 5the threl'ataeltures c 0 c forithe successive dropping of the grain,

iztnd when est-seen in Fig.1 forming but a sin,- gle opening- 1d,thronghjwhich three grainscan -pass,at one time-toth'e droppin'g tubefl 1 Below, the bottom plate, I, and under the evenings-shown in Fig 5, are tlgree 'tubes e,

f,; and g, two'of whichere'. shown {in Fig. .3. 'flhe'se' tnbes are part] y inclosed within the mold-board J, as show'n' in :Fig. 3.-- Behind these tubes runs thefshaft; Lf hmfing on "its up per-extremity the pinion M,'I1 nes'h'in"g intothe jc'og'sT-N'uuder the ho'pper. ...At; the lojwer extremity-of thisshaftjis the plate 0; with a;

single aperture; coiihci'dinggsuccessively with each of the openings. otfthetubes 6 f g; as seen In? rear of" planting ep parath's cjs lthe e1astic1lcovering-bow -P-, so arrangedlby the "sprin'g ;Q an d 'arnr B, 33s to". pass over obstruc- --tiens which might iinjhre ordestroy an" er mnge entof a less yieIdingoharacten- Within the hopperi th"e. .brnshj for'pre- Jv'entihgmore than a. single grain 'from each facell. frompassin g1 toi'thetub'egand in'the side .Of the'frame-is the opening k, which, byc'ee son of the inclination. of the feeding-.plate'B, forces enyggr'z ins which. may accidentally pass under the brnsh" into the bucket S in the can: t'erof themachine...-

" The hngearing -apparathsconsists-of the' le veriT and; -plate PU,- supporting. the rear extreinity of'the shaft D, the withdrawingof. the lever permitting the, cog wheel- O-to 'jiialhaud' stop the revolutionof the =p1a 1,te-B.

-The -operationofour =planter isas Ionows .The fpi-nitm F is adjusted" to ;mesh =i-nto the bogged cirolejonthe plate G n hiohyill' give the reqniredvelocity of "the.- feeding-plate 'B most continuous stream of grain shall be kept tents into the tube or tubes, as the case may and the sliding section b of the lower plate, I, arranged with regard to the numberof grains to be dropped at a time, both of the adjustments depending upon whether the grairnis to be plantedin bills or in drills. Should the former be required, the pinion F is moved to mesh with the smallest circle, H', and the section of the lower plate placedin the position shown in Fig. 'Z. For drilling the reverse arran genient takes place, as we then require the plate B to rotate rapidly and the successive apertures c c c tobe opened, so that an alup. After these adjustments the grain is thrown in the hopper and 'th'emachine driven forward. The cells a each receivea grain of corn, and by the rotation of the plate B are successively carried under the brush j and over the apertures in the lower plate, I, (seen in Figs. 5 and 7,) when they discharge lheirconbe. Now, were the grains to pass directly through the tubes to the furrow, their times of deposit would be irregular by reason ofsome I grains striking against the sides of the tube one or more times. To remedy this defect we introduce the bottom plate, 0, with the single" aperture, rotated by the cogs under the hopper, so that the opening passes regularly and in succession under the outlets of the tubes 0 f 9, thus, if the machine be used for drilling, depositing each grain at the proper distance from its predecessor, and if used for hill-planting making all the hills the same distance apart. The aperture in the plate passing under the mouth of each tube an instant after as above described, the elastic bows P, passing,

att'rfcover the grain in an effectual manner,

n the spring Q preventing the breaking of this portion of the machine by giving'way when the bows come in contact with an obstacle.

The advantage of our planter consists partly in the regularity with which the planting is performed and the facility with which the planter can be changed from adrilling to a hi'llingmachine. Thearrangementoftheplate O passing under each of tlie tubes e f g in succession, immediately after the fall of the grain through them, it is readily Seemfurnish the means of depositing the corn inthe furrows with the utmost regularity with respect to distance. The arrangement for disposing of the stray grains which force themselvesunder the brush is also of great importance, and the manner of covering well-worthy of attention. As for the detailed advantages of this machine, the simplicity of its arrangement is such that to any one at all acquainted with machines of this nature they will-readily suggest themselves upon an examination of this specification. 4 What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The sliding section I) in the bottom plate, I, in combination with the tubes efg' and revolving 'ierfor'ated plate 0, as described, for

rendering the machine capable of hill or drill' planting at pleasure, and insuring a regularity of deposit, as herein fully set forth. 2. The aperture k in the frame X, in combination with the inclined form of the plate B for carrying otf the surplus grains and collecting them in the bucket S, substantially'as specified. In testimony whereof .we have hereunto signed our names before two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN Gr. SNYDER. JOSEPH YOUNG.

Witnesses:

JOHN OWEN, EDWARD OWEN. 

